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Rebecka

Gender
Girl
Say it
re-BEK-a
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#13,203 for girls

Rebecka is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to tie, bind”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Rebecka mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Rebekah, itself a spelling of Rebecca

“to tie, bind”

The spelling used in the King James Bible for Rebekah, the wife of Isaac.

Meaning borrowed from Rebekah. More on Wiktionary.

Is Rebecka a girl's or a boy's name?

Rebecka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rebecka in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 18 girls.

Half of all the girls named Rebecka in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 18 in 19972016
Rebecka in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20164#4,980
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20117#3,360
20100–
20090–
20080–
20074#4,494
20064#4,357
20051#6,340
20043#4,789
20033#4,560
20027#2,436
20015#2,928
20009#1,942
19996#2,559
19988#2,110
199718#1,164
199615#1,309

How popular is Rebecka in the US?

Rank in 2025
#13,203among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Rebecka, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1993, with 121 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.

Half of all the girls named Rebecka in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,359 girls in the US were given Rebecka or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #256, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.

1947Busiest: 121 in 19932025
Rebecka in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#13,203
20240–
20236#13,456
202210#9,674
202112#8,459
20200–
20190–
20186#13,788
201714#7,836
201615#7,599
201514#8,004
201420#6,205
201322#5,831
201219#6,573
201135#4,150
201027#5,106
200938#4,012
200840#3,935
200736#4,212
200645#3,504
200544#3,400
200447#3,220
200353#2,882
200256#2,706
200182#2,044
200074#2,154
199969#2,179
199895#1,673
199792#1,694
199691#1,667
1995111#1,446
1994106#1,484
1993121#1,356
1992108#1,459
1991110#1,439
1990107#1,452
198983#1,647
198886#1,540
198763#1,837
198670#1,668
198567#1,709
198464#1,703
198369#1,608
198287#1,399
198166#1,714
198055#1,936
197977#1,517
197852#1,893
197751#1,922
197660#1,638
197568#1,498
197465#1,499
197356#1,622
197255#1,627
197137#2,175
197026#2,705
196934#2,171
196833#2,091
196719#2,868
196614#3,399
196520#2,743
196428#2,305
196311#4,018
196217#3,032
196113#3,607
196017#2,988
195918#2,759
195812#3,542
195712#3,488
195611#3,695
195514#3,094
195418#2,591
195314#2,920
195210#3,551
19516#4,832
19505#5,299
19490–
19480–
19475#5,293

Nicknames for Rebecka

Names like Rebecka

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica Francesca Abigail Molly Melissa Alexandra Michaela Joanna Samantha Emily Fatima Tabitha

Other spellings of Rebecka

Rebecca Rebekah Rebeca Rebeka

Names related to Rebecka

Rebekka Rebbeca Rebekkah Rebbecca Rebeccah Rebeckah

More Hebrew names

Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Rebecka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rebecka, updated 20 October 2026.